Bye Bye, Earth (2024) s01e05 Episode Script
Performance of Swords and Scales, Good and Evil
1
Backup band, give us fire!
Directors, give us light!
And now, water!
Fire, light, and water
Three layers of wards, huh?
Vanguard, cleave through the darkness!
Right!
They're getting too far ahead.
Should we be worried?
What?!
Ah!
Damn!
Wings, support the vanguard!
Isn't that a
Stand back!
Here!
Chew on this!
You fool!
Yeah!
Way to go, Gordon!
We've got this!
Advance!
Get back, you idiot!
What in the world?
Bye Bye, Earth
Bye Bye, Earth
Talk about a distraction!
Don't panic! They're not that tough!
The enemy's going for our rear line!
We'll have nowhere to run!
Damn!
Who's there?
What's going on?!
They've taken over the water!
Their Restau Rant will swallow us whole!
Restau Rant
The magic of consumption
Retreat!
Here they come!
Conductor!
We need guidance!
Is that Tiziano?
Belle! We can't stay here!
Retreat for now!
Damn it!
Shit.
I should've been able to do something
Who's that?
Benedictine?
Not exactly the one I was hoping to run into.
Can you get any more jumpy?
Hey, over here.
It can't be
Hey, I'm on your side, remember?
What's wrong with you?!
You were practically asking to get
killed, calling out like that!
Sorry, jeez.
Why is this happening to me?
And what were you doing?!
Couldn't you have at least helped Gordon?!
Seriously
Gordon!
You made it out!
Goodness! I was worried sick about—
What's happened?
What's wrong with him?
His blood's all congealed.
He's dead.
He's already dead!
Something's controlling him!
I have to erase him. Wipe him out.
I have to. I have to. I have to.
I have to erase him.
I have to. I have—
Benedictine! That's enough!
No more
No
This can't be real
Here.
Pull yourself together.
I can cut him?
That almost went poorly.
Kitty?! What are you doing here?
Thanks for the help.
That was one hell of a trick you just pulled.
Hardly. Just a bit of mental math.
I've had it
It's too much!
I can't take any more of this place!
Wait!
Sorry.
I didn't mean to break your sword.
No
No No more!
Hey!
What have we here?
C'mon. Just get a grip already.
But But without Gordon, I
Mermaids have minds like mirrors,
reflecting those of others.
They build their identities
on that foundation.
One might even call the whole
tribe mental parasites.
Gordon! Gordon!
So that's how she ended up
as obnoxious as Gordon.
And why her personality collapsed
when she lost him.
How awful
Most mermaids favor a wealth of shallow
relationships for their own protection.
What am I supposed to do
now that I'm all alone?
Don't ask me.
I don't know either.
Monsters!
They're all monsters!
Not here too
Calm yourself, Gwyn.
Oh, it's you.
Is that Gordon behind you?
Yeah.
I see.
You. What is a traveling
Rabbitia doing here?
First, why are you in such a hurry?
Allies I saw die started attacking us.
Ah. Just like he did, then?
What? So she got Gordon too?
Did Tiziano do all this?
What's up?
I can hear something.
Huh?
Someone's talking.
Excellent. You can always count on
a mermaid's hearing in a pinch.
Let's go investigate.
Sure.
This is the place.
I'm glad someone like you
was on the other side.
People are talking.
This'll cost us, but we've got to do it.
I know.
Adonis!
Thank goodness you're okay!
Perry
He just died.
Adonis?
Belle, how many of ours made it?
Just those of us here.
Okay.
I'll take his sword.
The sword thief.
There's a lake up ahead.
To people on the outside,
it's one of the few places
that soothes the souls
of good and evil alike.
I hear there's quite a show to see there.
A show, you say?
Who would arrange such a thing?
Why don't they show themselves?
He's the Underdog conductor.
What?!
You're in league with the forces of evil?!
Hold on!
We had this all wrong.
Who is our enemy?
Our enemy.
Who sowed the seeds of this battle?
Tiziano.
Exactly!
We're up against Tiziano, and only Tiziano!
The Topdogs and Underdogs have that in common!
Adonis
I'll say it again: our enemy is Tiziano!
No one else!
This must be the lake.
But where's the show?
Over there.
Tiziano.
She's recreating a battle of good and evil?
Using corpses, yeah.
She wants to play god.
What's that light?
It looks just like Gordon's wounds.
No, it looks more like
that god's tree.
The mermaid appears to control the dead
by embedding shards of her
sword in their bodies.
H-Hang on
Isn't this bad?
Adonis!
Crap!
This doesn't look good!
Enemy reinforcements?!
Over here! Hurry!
An illusion?
We'll run for it! Follow me!
Watch out!
Bamboo! Give me something hot and fragile!
It broke?
He treated his sword as disposable?
Is that how Adonis fights?
He only thinks about efficiently
taking down his foes
The polar opposite of me.
Look there!
Hurry!
No need!
I'll see to it that no one breaches this door.
Anyone who touches it from the other
side will taste a scorching hell.
There you are.
So, we meet again.
I know you.
From my first trial.
The name's Gin Buck.
I'm the Underdog conductor.
Then you gave Tiziano orders?
Yeah.
What was that "show" supposed to be?
That watery lass wasn't so far gone
when she first showed up.
She could think straight,
and she had life in her eyes.
I mean, she came to us
and proposed an alliance.
She what?
She said the Topdogs would attack this place
and that she'd come because she had
good reason to bloody their noses.
Basically, "Let's team up."
What's he talking about?
I thought we came here to fight Tiziano
because she went over to evil.
Want me to tell you when that watery
lass went off the deep end?
When she laid eyes on me.
You got it.
Soon as she saw you, she started
cutting up everyone in sight.
Are you to blame for this, Adonis?
Not me. Another man.
He defied a divine summons
and fled from battle.
The priests executed him.
No!
I was the one who broke the news to Tiziano
that the man she loved most was dead.
She started to lose it after that.
And now we're in this mess, huh?
Seeing me must have brought back memories.
Adonis
Well, whatever.
One thing's for sure. We'll all end up
her puppets if we don't we act fast.
So
what do you say we join forces for a while?
You must be joking!
How do we know you won't
lead us into a trap?
Excuse me? Is your head on straight?
What was that?!
Why would we bother tricking you?
We could've just picked you off
one by one in the caves.
Nevertheless, if we join forces,
you'll learn of our swords and tactics.
Exactly! You're Underdogs!
We'll end up fighting you again someday.
That's for sure.
I'll have to beat your puppeteered
corpse once they kill you.
Come on, you lose this round.
We've gotta team up this time, Bennett.
All right, fine.
I'll play along if you say so, Belle.
Good. Let's divvy up roles, then.
Anyone object to me as the conductor?
Conductor
How could we? I mean, we haven't got one.
Okay, that settles it.
Next, we need a director.
Director
Hey, you there, want to give it a try?
Me, you say?
We're a mixed force of good and evil.
Who better to direct us
than a nomad who's neither?
Besides, there might be a lucky find
in it for you if you take the job.
Oh?
Hey, Mist.
Cough up that thing you
"found" the other day.
What? Darn it
This look familiar?
Sure enough, the threads of fate hold fast.
Come again?
Nothing. It certainly does.
Well then, to show my gratitude,
allow me to accept the role.
Great!
Next we need a libretto
to plan our strategy.
Libretto
Scriptwriter
I'll do it if you really want me to.
What, giving up already?
Well
So, what sort of script should I write?
Don't look at me. That's your job.
Yes, of course.
But I, er, thought I'd better
take requests beforehand.
Are you stupid?!
Trying to make everyone happy is how you
wound up with a formation so easy to break!
Just write it how you want.
You sure are strong.
What? You sure like hiding
behind your weakness.
It's pathetic.
Maybe you're right.
I'll do it.
There's something I've been wanting to try.
Good to hear.
Next up
I'm a pianistus. I can't be anything else.
Pianistus
Accompanist
Oh yeah? And why's that?
So that I may report the outcome
of battle to the king, I—
Oh, so you just watch.
We priests may not wield our swords.
Come again?
While I wear this mask and chain,
I am a solist and yet not.
I merely observe battle in our god's
stead and bring word to the king.
Got it.
Then stay behind me
and out of our way, you hear?
Adonis.
What of your hands?
I see. So even sacred ashes couldn't
fix them after all.
That wasn't the only reason
I moved to the inside.
You two know each other?
He's my son.
Your son?
Yes.
I never dreamed we'd wield
our swords together.
What a pleasant surprise.
So Adonis really used to be an evil solist?
No.
Our family, the Collinses, are outsiders,
but we're neither good nor evil.
Huh?
For generations, our sole duty
has been to guard the Katakombe.
You're not on either side?
Now then,
let's get in a little practice!
Libretto, give us our formation!
Right!
Tom Collins
(Outsider)
John Collins
(Outsider)
Adonis the Question (Topdog)
Sandy Collins
(Outsider)
Solists, Right Flank
Benedictine (Topdog)
Belle Lablac (Topdog)
Mist
(Underdog)
Toddy
(Underdog)
Cloud
(Underdog)
Solists, Left Flank
Snow
(Underdog)
Froze
(Underdog)
Coral
(Underdog)
Solists, Rear Guard
Cassis (Topdog)
Pianistus
Kitty the All (Nomad)
Director
Gwyn (Topdog)
Libretto
Ease into working together! Got that?!
Gin Buck (Underdog)
Conductor
Why do I feel so excited?
This has never happened before.
Here they come!
Don't go slipping up now!
Fifth Movement
Performance of Swords and Scales, Good and Evil
A Question mark! But why?!
I'll make this place a fortress.
Will this do?
The art of ward inversion.
That my life has value
I believe in you.
Sixth Movement
Concerto in a Land Where Death Blooms
Backup band, give us fire!
Directors, give us light!
And now, water!
Fire, light, and water
Three layers of wards, huh?
Vanguard, cleave through the darkness!
Right!
They're getting too far ahead.
Should we be worried?
What?!
Ah!
Damn!
Wings, support the vanguard!
Isn't that a
Stand back!
Here!
Chew on this!
You fool!
Yeah!
Way to go, Gordon!
We've got this!
Advance!
Get back, you idiot!
What in the world?
Bye Bye, Earth
Bye Bye, Earth
Talk about a distraction!
Don't panic! They're not that tough!
The enemy's going for our rear line!
We'll have nowhere to run!
Damn!
Who's there?
What's going on?!
They've taken over the water!
Their Restau Rant will swallow us whole!
Restau Rant
The magic of consumption
Retreat!
Here they come!
Conductor!
We need guidance!
Is that Tiziano?
Belle! We can't stay here!
Retreat for now!
Damn it!
Shit.
I should've been able to do something
Who's that?
Benedictine?
Not exactly the one I was hoping to run into.
Can you get any more jumpy?
Hey, over here.
It can't be
Hey, I'm on your side, remember?
What's wrong with you?!
You were practically asking to get
killed, calling out like that!
Sorry, jeez.
Why is this happening to me?
And what were you doing?!
Couldn't you have at least helped Gordon?!
Seriously
Gordon!
You made it out!
Goodness! I was worried sick about—
What's happened?
What's wrong with him?
His blood's all congealed.
He's dead.
He's already dead!
Something's controlling him!
I have to erase him. Wipe him out.
I have to. I have to. I have to.
I have to erase him.
I have to. I have—
Benedictine! That's enough!
No more
No
This can't be real
Here.
Pull yourself together.
I can cut him?
That almost went poorly.
Kitty?! What are you doing here?
Thanks for the help.
That was one hell of a trick you just pulled.
Hardly. Just a bit of mental math.
I've had it
It's too much!
I can't take any more of this place!
Wait!
Sorry.
I didn't mean to break your sword.
No
No No more!
Hey!
What have we here?
C'mon. Just get a grip already.
But But without Gordon, I
Mermaids have minds like mirrors,
reflecting those of others.
They build their identities
on that foundation.
One might even call the whole
tribe mental parasites.
Gordon! Gordon!
So that's how she ended up
as obnoxious as Gordon.
And why her personality collapsed
when she lost him.
How awful
Most mermaids favor a wealth of shallow
relationships for their own protection.
What am I supposed to do
now that I'm all alone?
Don't ask me.
I don't know either.
Monsters!
They're all monsters!
Not here too
Calm yourself, Gwyn.
Oh, it's you.
Is that Gordon behind you?
Yeah.
I see.
You. What is a traveling
Rabbitia doing here?
First, why are you in such a hurry?
Allies I saw die started attacking us.
Ah. Just like he did, then?
What? So she got Gordon too?
Did Tiziano do all this?
What's up?
I can hear something.
Huh?
Someone's talking.
Excellent. You can always count on
a mermaid's hearing in a pinch.
Let's go investigate.
Sure.
This is the place.
I'm glad someone like you
was on the other side.
People are talking.
This'll cost us, but we've got to do it.
I know.
Adonis!
Thank goodness you're okay!
Perry
He just died.
Adonis?
Belle, how many of ours made it?
Just those of us here.
Okay.
I'll take his sword.
The sword thief.
There's a lake up ahead.
To people on the outside,
it's one of the few places
that soothes the souls
of good and evil alike.
I hear there's quite a show to see there.
A show, you say?
Who would arrange such a thing?
Why don't they show themselves?
He's the Underdog conductor.
What?!
You're in league with the forces of evil?!
Hold on!
We had this all wrong.
Who is our enemy?
Our enemy.
Who sowed the seeds of this battle?
Tiziano.
Exactly!
We're up against Tiziano, and only Tiziano!
The Topdogs and Underdogs have that in common!
Adonis
I'll say it again: our enemy is Tiziano!
No one else!
This must be the lake.
But where's the show?
Over there.
Tiziano.
She's recreating a battle of good and evil?
Using corpses, yeah.
She wants to play god.
What's that light?
It looks just like Gordon's wounds.
No, it looks more like
that god's tree.
The mermaid appears to control the dead
by embedding shards of her
sword in their bodies.
H-Hang on
Isn't this bad?
Adonis!
Crap!
This doesn't look good!
Enemy reinforcements?!
Over here! Hurry!
An illusion?
We'll run for it! Follow me!
Watch out!
Bamboo! Give me something hot and fragile!
It broke?
He treated his sword as disposable?
Is that how Adonis fights?
He only thinks about efficiently
taking down his foes
The polar opposite of me.
Look there!
Hurry!
No need!
I'll see to it that no one breaches this door.
Anyone who touches it from the other
side will taste a scorching hell.
There you are.
So, we meet again.
I know you.
From my first trial.
The name's Gin Buck.
I'm the Underdog conductor.
Then you gave Tiziano orders?
Yeah.
What was that "show" supposed to be?
That watery lass wasn't so far gone
when she first showed up.
She could think straight,
and she had life in her eyes.
I mean, she came to us
and proposed an alliance.
She what?
She said the Topdogs would attack this place
and that she'd come because she had
good reason to bloody their noses.
Basically, "Let's team up."
What's he talking about?
I thought we came here to fight Tiziano
because she went over to evil.
Want me to tell you when that watery
lass went off the deep end?
When she laid eyes on me.
You got it.
Soon as she saw you, she started
cutting up everyone in sight.
Are you to blame for this, Adonis?
Not me. Another man.
He defied a divine summons
and fled from battle.
The priests executed him.
No!
I was the one who broke the news to Tiziano
that the man she loved most was dead.
She started to lose it after that.
And now we're in this mess, huh?
Seeing me must have brought back memories.
Adonis
Well, whatever.
One thing's for sure. We'll all end up
her puppets if we don't we act fast.
So
what do you say we join forces for a while?
You must be joking!
How do we know you won't
lead us into a trap?
Excuse me? Is your head on straight?
What was that?!
Why would we bother tricking you?
We could've just picked you off
one by one in the caves.
Nevertheless, if we join forces,
you'll learn of our swords and tactics.
Exactly! You're Underdogs!
We'll end up fighting you again someday.
That's for sure.
I'll have to beat your puppeteered
corpse once they kill you.
Come on, you lose this round.
We've gotta team up this time, Bennett.
All right, fine.
I'll play along if you say so, Belle.
Good. Let's divvy up roles, then.
Anyone object to me as the conductor?
Conductor
How could we? I mean, we haven't got one.
Okay, that settles it.
Next, we need a director.
Director
Hey, you there, want to give it a try?
Me, you say?
We're a mixed force of good and evil.
Who better to direct us
than a nomad who's neither?
Besides, there might be a lucky find
in it for you if you take the job.
Oh?
Hey, Mist.
Cough up that thing you
"found" the other day.
What? Darn it
This look familiar?
Sure enough, the threads of fate hold fast.
Come again?
Nothing. It certainly does.
Well then, to show my gratitude,
allow me to accept the role.
Great!
Next we need a libretto
to plan our strategy.
Libretto
Scriptwriter
I'll do it if you really want me to.
What, giving up already?
Well
So, what sort of script should I write?
Don't look at me. That's your job.
Yes, of course.
But I, er, thought I'd better
take requests beforehand.
Are you stupid?!
Trying to make everyone happy is how you
wound up with a formation so easy to break!
Just write it how you want.
You sure are strong.
What? You sure like hiding
behind your weakness.
It's pathetic.
Maybe you're right.
I'll do it.
There's something I've been wanting to try.
Good to hear.
Next up
I'm a pianistus. I can't be anything else.
Pianistus
Accompanist
Oh yeah? And why's that?
So that I may report the outcome
of battle to the king, I—
Oh, so you just watch.
We priests may not wield our swords.
Come again?
While I wear this mask and chain,
I am a solist and yet not.
I merely observe battle in our god's
stead and bring word to the king.
Got it.
Then stay behind me
and out of our way, you hear?
Adonis.
What of your hands?
I see. So even sacred ashes couldn't
fix them after all.
That wasn't the only reason
I moved to the inside.
You two know each other?
He's my son.
Your son?
Yes.
I never dreamed we'd wield
our swords together.
What a pleasant surprise.
So Adonis really used to be an evil solist?
No.
Our family, the Collinses, are outsiders,
but we're neither good nor evil.
Huh?
For generations, our sole duty
has been to guard the Katakombe.
You're not on either side?
Now then,
let's get in a little practice!
Libretto, give us our formation!
Right!
Tom Collins
(Outsider)
John Collins
(Outsider)
Adonis the Question (Topdog)
Sandy Collins
(Outsider)
Solists, Right Flank
Benedictine (Topdog)
Belle Lablac (Topdog)
Mist
(Underdog)
Toddy
(Underdog)
Cloud
(Underdog)
Solists, Left Flank
Snow
(Underdog)
Froze
(Underdog)
Coral
(Underdog)
Solists, Rear Guard
Cassis (Topdog)
Pianistus
Kitty the All (Nomad)
Director
Gwyn (Topdog)
Libretto
Ease into working together! Got that?!
Gin Buck (Underdog)
Conductor
Why do I feel so excited?
This has never happened before.
Here they come!
Don't go slipping up now!
Fifth Movement
Performance of Swords and Scales, Good and Evil
A Question mark! But why?!
I'll make this place a fortress.
Will this do?
The art of ward inversion.
That my life has value
I believe in you.
Sixth Movement
Concerto in a Land Where Death Blooms